title: Interpreters of mumblings.
abstract: When dentists appear in literature, it seems that they are frequently portrayed as evil, cruel and, sometimes, even rather stupid--but is this a fair assumption? Dr Horacio Martinez, a dentist in Buenos Aires, Argentina, steers us through a number of well known novels where the dentist plays a crucial role.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martinez
mesh_terms: D003815:Dentists; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D013240:Stereotyping